Key data missing for half of US child labor deaths, official report finds

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1. Tue, 29 September 2026

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     Key data missing for half of US child labor deaths, official report finds

     Over half of 260 workplace child fatalities between 2013 and 2023 lacked data on cause of death or the industry worked Information is missing on over half of deaths at work of people under the age of 18 in the US because of significant gaps in child labor data, according to a government accountability office (GAO) report released on Tuesday. The report found that between 2013 and 2023, an average of 24 children under the age of 18 died each year due to work-related incidents. Over half of the...